Delusions of Adequacy An exemplary bit of minimalist melancholy.the album is a new favorite around here - working in the same areas as the Shins or Death Cab for Cutie, but with a more homespun, folk feel. Israel Nebeker's vocals, somewhere between Damien Rice and James Mercer, are tight, the music elegantly played and the lyrics thoughtful. Amplifier Magazine Out of Portland comes a new duo playing music that is undeniably charming while rivaling some great bands from Neutral Milk Hotel to The Shins. 3 ROUNDS AND A SOUND CHORDS (ver 2) by Blind Pilot Ultimate-Guitar.Com These are the same chords as the other one just an easier way to play them for people who don't like bar chords. It takes all of about 10 seconds of listening to this record to realize you are listening to something special, and about the same amount of time to be completely sucked into Blind Pilot's wistful, melancholic world of acoustic guitars, dulcimers, violins and the like. Listening to and thinking about these songs has kept me awake at night lately.' It would be hard to imagine a better review, but 3 Rounds and a Sound is just that good. And this band has songs coming out of its ears: deep, clever guitar-driven tunes fleshed out with soaring horn arrangements. Frontman Israel Nebeker sounds like a less theatric version of James Mercer: every bit as sincere and captivating, with vocal control and style to spare. As Willamette Week immediately proclaimed: 'Every once in a while a band comes along that knocks me so flat on my ass that I wish I was in the PR business or an A&R guy instead of a critic, so I could throw myself wholeheartedly behind it.
But these comparisons don't give a full representation of the unbelievable beauty of this album.
Blind Pilot sounds something like a wistful mix of The Shins with a bit of Iron & Wine folksiness.
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